Vote YES on Proposition 5 to empower local voters to address the affordable housing and public infrastructure crisis in their communities.
Prop 5 empowers local voters to approve bonds for affordable housing, critical public infrastructure, and emergency response in their own comm
unities with a 55% vote—if those bonds include strict accountability, oversight, and transparency provisions to help ensure programs deliver results. Prop 5 will allow local communities to have the tools to build new affordable housing for working families, seniors, veterans, and first-time homebuyers and renovate existing affordable owner-occupied and rental housing. Currently, these types of bonds require a 67% of votes to be approved.
Learn more about the campaign by visiting the website: www.yesonprop5.org.
Why It Matters
The State of California is facing unprecedented issues related to housing affordability, aging infrastructure, and effective emergency and fire response. According to a report by the California Legislative Analyst’s Office, California homes are about twice as expensive as the typical US home and have been steadily increasing. In fact, payments for a mid-tier home were nearly $6,000 a month in June 2024—an 84 percent increase since January 2020. The staggering costs of housing in California have contributed to a massive unhoused crisis in the state and has resulted in growing rates of inequality.
An increasingly unaffordable housing market is not the only issue facing the state. As climate impacts worsen, California’s aging infrastructure places historically marginalized communities, sensitive habitats, and property at risk. Climate change will result in increased risks of flooding, sea level rise, and more intense wildfires—all of which will pose challenges to existing infrastructure and public health.
Greenbelt Alliance is excited to endorse Prop 5 to give local voters more power to address the affordable housing and public infrastructure crisis in their communities, while also protecting local tax dollars.
